diff --git a/InteractiveHtmlBom/version.py b/InteractiveHtmlBom/version.py
index 47e998b8..65047d09 100644
--- a/InteractiveHtmlBom/version.py
+++ b/InteractiveHtmlBom/version.py
@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@
 # Update this when new version is tagged.
-LAST_TAG = 'v2.3'
-
 import os
-plugin_path = os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-plugin_path if not os.path.islink(plugin_path) else os.readlink(plugin_path)
+import subprocess
+
+
+LAST_TAG = 'v2.4'
+
 
 def _get_git_version():
-    import os, subprocess
+    plugin_path = os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
     try:
         git_version = subprocess.check_output(
-                ['git', 'describe', '--tags', '--abbrev=4', '--dirty=-*'],
-                cwd=plugin_path)
-        return git_version.decode('utf-8') if isinstance(git_version, bytes) else git_version
+            ['git', 'describe', '--tags', '--abbrev=4', '--dirty=-*'],
+            cwd=plugin_path)
+        if isinstance(git_version, bytes):
+            return git_version.decode('utf-8').rstrip()
+        else:
+            return git_version.rstrip()
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
         print('Git version check failed: ' + str(e))
     except Exception as e: